The 6-week type design programme that you’ve been waiting for starts on 2 June and ends 10 July 2026.
Be ready, deadline is set on 14 March 2026!
Tips: Prepare in yourself in advance the application period in order to build the portfolio that will allow you to be selected in 2026.
You will have to prepare a A4 sized PDF named that is no larger than 10 MB. The PDF needs to include the following two sections: Portfolio and Curriculum-résumé.
Since 2015, we have welcomed a group of attendees who will embark on a journey to discover type design in Paris from early June to mid-July. During this time, they will have the opportunity to develop and present their font projects.
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We’ve got a diverse group of people here, from absolute beginners to type design enthusiasts. Some of our attendees already create lettering pieces and alphabets for their clients.
We’ve set up a place where design professionals can learn about type design quickly. We often get the question: “I’m a graphic designer who’s never drawn fonts. Can I join?” Our answer is: “The amazing results on our website are mostly made by graphic designers who’ve never touched type design. Come over and let’s start!”
We also welcome attendees who have already taken other summer or evening courses. We offer them a programme designed to enrich their know-how, strengthen their rigour and develop their professionalism in developing more complete typeface families. They’re thrilled to learn more in depth with our team.
This diversity is the strength of the programme.
During the summer programme, our instructors chat with each other every day to keep everyone updated and make sure everyone’s learning and growing as much as they can. Our team for Typeparis26 is a fantastic bunch of folks! We’ve got Jean François Porchez, the brilliant mind behind TypeParis, as well Léo Guibert, Greg Lindy, Ruggero Magrì, Mathieu Réguer, Gina Serret, Malou Verlomme. They’re all going to make this event a real treat! Special sessions planned with Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer from Glyphs. Our instructors are absolute legends! They go above and beyond to make sure you learn and grow. They genuinely care about your success!
In addition to our regular instructors, we’ll be having some special guests come over to spend a day with attendees. They’ll be reviewing each typeface project one by one, giving us their expert feedback. Until we announce the guest critics for 2026, recall that guests for 2025 has been Cecilia del Castillo Daza (MX-SP), Ramiro Espinoza (ARG-NL), Diana Ovezea (RO), Albert-Jan Pool (NL-D).
The list of instructors and guest critics below will be updated in the coming weeks!
The programme covers the learning of know-how in typeface design and calligraphy techniques, type history, and modern software practices. A typeface is a combination of different factors that need to work together, and the whole intention of our methods is to assimilate this fundamental principle through practice.
Like any creative discipline, type design is highly subjective, and whilst there are important principles that we teach in detail that should be followed, there is a lot of room for one’s own personal taste.
As references are crucial, during this period, several visits have been arranged to see notable French institutions and discover the immense and fascinating history of type, such as the collections at Bibliothèque Nationale, Bibliothèque Mazarine, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Musée de l’Imprimerie and Musée Gallo Romain in Lyon or Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp.
You will benefit for free from our Now26 graphic and type conference organized organized on 30 May 2026. There’s nothing like listening to great type designer professionals talking about their projects and vision. Better than that, you will enjoy the conferences of excellent graphic designers and art directors who will transmit their interest for typography and its most innovative uses.
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➽ See the results of #typeparis25 produced by the people that attended. Check our What did you learn at TypeParis? series and read the reports on our News section.
You will leave the programme with the specialized skills to design professional high quality digital typefaces, lettering and logotypes. In recent years, even with no experience in type design, 80% of the attendees have designed more than one style and all have figured out how to design a family of typefaces to bring style to design projects. Check out the typefaces designed by the attendees as well the ones who received the diploma with distinction!
The TypeParis summer programme will starts on 2 June and ends on 10 July 2026. It is located near Eiffel Tower in Paris. It is an intensive programme, with two sessions a day, each led by a tandem of two instructors, you will receive 340 hours of instruction over the course of six weeks.
€5480* tuition-fees will cover our Type design Summer programme Which includes 340 hours of instruction, featuring two instructors together, to allow you to be sure of being accompanied throughout the learning process.
And of course, a free access to TypeParis Now conference, a complimentary licenses of type design applications, the TypeParis tote bag full of type goodies, the official TypeParis Summer26 T-shirt, a set of graphic, calligraphy and type design equipment, including a bunch of Canson tracing paper and related visits for six weeks.
Applicants will be informed of their acceptance status by 20 March 2026. You will only be accepted onto the programme after full payment due no later than 10 April 2026. Additional details on our FAQ.
* tuition-fees same as in 2025.
